Kitchen-cabinet



(No Model.)

w G. H. LITTLE.

KITGHENCABINET.

No. 542,341 Patented July 9, 1895.

A l l l/ d7 WITNESSES: r INVENTOR @Q/M S I BY UNITED STATES P TENT OFFIGE.

CHARLES H. LITTLE, OESAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,341, dated July 9, 1895.

Application filed March 11, 1895. Serial No. 541,232. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. LITTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen-Cabinets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to kitchen-cabinets; and it consists in the special arrangement, construction, and combination shown and described.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the cabinet. Fig. 2 is an end view, in part sectional, of the cabinet front and bread-board.

A is the upper half of the cabinet and is provided with a front or door E, hinged to A and adapted to turn down and be supported upon the lower half B of the cabinet. The

upper half A is provided with drawers, pigeonholes, and receptacles I, in which may be' placed various articles used for cooking purposes, as spices, &c., and also cutlery and other tools that are used in the kitchen.

B is the lower half or base of the cabinet and is divided into three divisions,.one O being a flour-bin. This bin is a large drawer, comprising about one-half of the cabinet and is on independent rollers resting upon the floor underneath the cabinet and is drawn in and out of the cabinet on these rollers andmay be drawn entirely out of the cabinet, and, if desirable, rolled into another room, where flour may be emptied into it from the barrel, and again rolled into the room and shoved into the cabinet, in which it maybe secured by the fastening-rods 2 2, turned by the knob 3.

B is a ledge on the lower frame of the cabinet just below the bottom of the bin, upon which the bin may rest when placed within the cabinet. This ledgeis for the purpose of securing the binto the cabinet, sothat when the cabinet is lifted from the floor it will carry the bin with it.

6 6 are dowel-pins secured to the outer edges of the bin and engaging the cabinet at the sides of the bin when the bin is pushed within the cabinet, and serve the purpose of keeping the cabinet from spreading or drawing away from the bin.

F is a bread-board, which maybe secured upon the cover E in various ways, so as to be removed therefrom. I secure it in the following manner: 4 is a dowel sunk in the rear of the cover so as to be flush therewith, the pin being adapted to enter a groove cut in the rear edge of the bread-board. 5 is a hook secured to the front of the bread-board and adapted to engage a staple sunk in the surface of the cover, as shown in Fig. 2. When the board is not in use it may be removed by unhooking the catch 5, lifting up the board, and pulling it forward. For more convenienoe handles may be secured along the edge of the board, if desired.

D D are cupboards in the lower half of the cabinet for the reception of such articles of kitchen utility as it may be desired to havethe door is-closed, of a flour bin in the lower half of the cabinet, the bin being independent of the cabinet and having independent rollers, the cabinet being capable of receiving the bin and holding it when the cabinet is moved, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. LITTLE. 

